Hot take: I blew $250 on a fancy fabric cutter and it just sits in my closet.

I thought it would make pattern cutting faster, but the learning curve was so steep and the blades dulled after two projects, so now I'm back to my old shears and feeling like a fool.

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4 Comments

hannahcraig5h ago

My Janome Coverpro 3 actually saved my last project. I spent a weekend really learning the differential feed and now my knits don't stretch out. Blades are a cost, but so is replacing fabric you mess up with shears. I bet if @tarahall gave it another solid month of practice, that cutter would have paid for itself. Sometimes you have to push past the initial frustration to get to the good stuff.

wilson.olivia26d ago

My $300 rotary cutter is basically a paperweight now, so I feel you. I totally get what @lucast81 means about that steep learning curve making you quit fast. Sometimes the old tools are just the right ones.

tarahall26d ago

Sold mine on marketplace after it collected dust for a year. Totally get what @lucast81 said about that quick quit feeling. Sometimes you just have to cut your losses and stick with what works.

lucast8127d ago

Ugh, same thing happened with my fancy serger. How long did it take you to give up on it? Mine was like two weeks before I went back to my basic machine.